Lorne Historical Society News
1846
June 17, 2022 The name Louttit Bay appears for the first time on record in Surveyor G. D. Smythe’s report. George Coppin, actor and owner of the sloop “Apollo” whose Master was Captain Louttit, had the names Apollo Bay and Louttit Bay registered at Superintendent La Trobe’s office.1846
June 17, 2022 Assistant Surveyor G. D. Smythe surveyed the coast from Barwon Heads to Cape Otway, including the traditional lands of the GADUBANUD (meaning “King Parrot”) people, in the area now known as Lorne.
1841
June 17, 2022 In 1841, Captain Louttit sheltered in the bay during a storm; it was marked on his chart and became known as Louttit Bay. Painting is by Elizabeth Parsons, dated 1879. Elizabeth Parsons visited Lorne over the Christmas, New Year period of 1879-80, and there produced a number of oils and watercolours, depicting Lorne and Loutit...Read more
1850
June 17, 1850 Monday January 28th, William Firth Lindsay, aged 8, and his brother Joseph Southwell Lindsay aged 4, were buried and died in a sand cave collapse on the banks of the Erskine River, near the Swing Bridge, and later buried on the bank above the river. George Clissold recalled that in 1914 while in the Erskine...Read more
